Westwood streaks clear

Lee Westwood was in imperious form at the Thailand Golf Championship once more on Friday, carding an eight-under-par 64 on the second day to move into an 11-shot lead.

Having raced around the course for the first 60 of his career on Thursday, the Worksop golfer impressed again in breezy conditions, trimming eight shots off the course par 72, and not dropping a shot for the second day running.

He picked up four birdies coming in and four more going out, leaving him in a commanding position on 20-under-par, with Charl Schwartzel and Michael Thompson posing the nearest thing to a threat on nine under.

South African Schwartzel landed an eagle on the par-five 15th to put himself in such a position, while Thompson saved six shots for an impressive 66.

Veteran American John Daly, who had been Westwood's nearest challenger at the end of the first day, picked up three shots but dropped four on his way to a one-over 73, while England's Simon Dyson moved to five under, a shot behind Daly, with a 70.

Dyson was joined on that score by Japan's Kenichi Kuboya, Indian pair Gaganjeet Bhullar and Jeev Milkha Singh, Frenchman Gregory Bourdy and countryman Miles Tunnicliff.

None of them are close to matching the brilliance of Westwood, though, who was understandably happy with his performance, going as far as suggesting Friday's was better than Thursday's owing to the windy conditions.

"Arguably a better round this morning than yesterday in windy conditions! 64 to add to yesterday's 60. For sure the best I've ever played. -20," he wrote on Twitter.

Ernie Els' 13-shot win at the 2005 Asian Open is currently the record winning margin in the Asian tour.